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Latest tech news from the Wikimedia technical community. Please inform other users about these changes. Not all changes will affect you. Translations are available.

Tech News updates

Tech News will be presented at the Wikimania 2014 conference in London! If you will be attending the conference, please join us in Auditorium 2 at 14:30 local time on Sunday, August 10.

Recent software changes

The latest version of MediaWiki (1.24wmf16) was added to test wikis and MediaWiki.org on July 31. Due to the Wikimania 2014 conference, it will be added to non-Wikipedia wikis on August 12, and to all Wikipedias on August 14 (calendar). [1]

You can now test a new tool to render wiki pages as PDF files. [2][3][4]

You can now download an update to the archive of Wikimedia Commons files (uploaded up to December 31, 2013). If you have free space on your computer, please help preserve the files. [5]

New users using the mobile Commons site now need to make 75 edits before they can upload a file. [6][7]

VisualEditor news

You will no longer see an edit confirmation message after making a null edit with VisualEditor. [8][9]

Latest tech news from the Wikimedia technical community. Please inform other users about these changes. Not all changes will affect you. Translations are available.

Recent software changes

Due to the Wikimania 2014 conference, there were no MediaWiki changes this week. The latest version of MediaWiki (1.24wmf16) will be added to non-Wikipedia wikis on August 12, and to all Wikipedias on August 14 (calendar). [25]

Bureaucrats on all Wikivoyage wikis are no longer able to merge two accounts into one. [26]

VisualEditor news

Tablet users visiting the mobile version of non-Wikipedia wikis will be able to use VisualEditor starting on August 12. The feature will also be enabled on all Wikipedias on August 14. [27]

Future software changes

Internet Explorer 6 users will soon see a JavaScript-free version of Wikimedia wikis; JavaScript tools and scripts will no longer work on that browser. If you use Internet Explorer 6, make sure to update to a newer browser! [28][29][30]

If you visit a special page that requires you to be logged-in, you will soon be automatically redirected to the log-in page instead of seeing a warning. [31][32]

You will now always see recent changes to the source language text when editing a translation with the Translate extension. [33][34]

An IRC meeting to discuss VisualEditor will take place on August 14 at 09:00 UTC on the channel #wikimedia-office on freenode (time conversion). [35]

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We fixed a bug where some of your typing could be undone when you used "cut" (Ctrl+X). [64]

You will no longer see empty or deleted categories among the suggestions when you add a category. [65]

Future software changes

The latest version of MediaWiki (1.24wmf19) is on test wikis and MediaWiki.org since August 28. It will be on non-Wikipedia wikis on September 2, and on all Wikipedias on September 4 (calendar).

There is a proposal to build a database on Commons for file data. It will make it easier to see the author, license and topics. You can give feedback on this idea. You can also come to the IRC chat on September 3 at 18:00 (UTC) in #wikimedia-office at freenode. [66]

You can give feedback on Media Viewer until September 7. You can say what needs to be improved and ask other people to give feedback too. [67]

Latest tech news from the Wikimedia technical community. Please tell other users about these changes. Not all changes will affect you. Translations are available.

Recent software changes

You can now change the style of links to disambiguation pages. This is done with the mw-disambigCSS class. [74][75]

There was a problem on right-to-left wikis with Wikidata log entries. The text was messy in watchlists and recent changes. The problem is now fixed. The same problem will be fixed soon for user names. [76][77][78]

New users are randomly chosen for a test on 12 Wikipedias. They get messages with ideas of articles to edit. The ideas come from what they have already edited. [79]

The new version of MediaWiki (1.25wmf1) is on test wikis and MediaWiki.org since September 25. It will be on non-Wikipedia wikis on September 30, and on all Wikipedias on October 2 (calendar).

Errors from Scribunto (Lua) are now shown on the page. Before, you had to click on "Script error" to see them. [104][105]

You can add an "autovalue" for a field in TemplateData. When users add the template to a page, the value will be added automatically. An example is when a clean-up template shows the date it was added. [106]

If you change a user preference but don't save it, it now asks if you want to save it. [107][108]

The PDF export tool has changed. The new one has better language support but it doesn't offer ZIM and EPUB formats. [109]

Wikimedia Labs was broken for a few hours on Thursday. It was due to a hardware problem. [175]

Software changes this week

The new version of MediaWiki (1.25wmf7) has been on test wikis and MediaWiki.org since November 5. It will be on non-Wikipedia wikis from November 11, and on all Wikipedias from November 12 (calendar).

You can now use more editing tools for tables in VisualEditor. You can add rows and columns, merge cells, and edit table captions. [176][177]

The style and insert menus in the toolbar of VisualEditor now show fewer tools. This helps you see the most common tasks. You can see all items by clicking "More". [178]

The way windows inside VisualEditor work has changed. VisualEditor should be faster and have fewer bugs. [179]

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Software changes this week

The new version of MediaWiki (1.25wmf8) has been on test wikis and MediaWiki.org since November 12. It will be on non-Wikipedia wikis from November 18, and on all Wikipedias from November 19 (calendar).

Latest tech news from the Wikimedia technical community. Please tell other users about these changes. Not all changes will affect you. Translations are available.

Recent changes

The move from Bugzilla to Phabricator is done. You can now report bugs in Phabricator. [182]

Problems

There was a problem when editing tables in VisualEditor. VisualEditor was trying to fix bad values for the colspan or rowspan option. VisualEditor now leaves the bad values to avoid making things worse. This was fixed on November 17. [183]

Software changes this week

The new version of MediaWiki (1.25wmf9) has been on test wikis and MediaWiki.org since November 19. It will be on non-Wikipedia wikis from November 25, and on all Wikipedias from November 26 (calendar).

You will be able to try VisualEditor on many new wikis for the first time. After November 26, VisualEditor will become available on Wikidata, Wikiquote, Wikibooks, Wikiversity, Wikivoyage, and Wikinews wikis. You can find it in your Beta options. [184]

There was a problem with Phabricator on November 29. It was due to a network issue. [191]

Software changes this week

The new version of MediaWiki (1.25wmf11) has been on test wikis and MediaWiki.org since December 3. It will be on non-Wikipedia wikis from December 9. It will be on all Wikipedias from December 10 (calendar). [192]

The new version of MediaWiki (1.25wmf12) has been on test wikis and MediaWiki.org since December 10. It will be on non-Wikipedia wikis from December 16. It will be on all Wikipedias from December 17 (calendar). [204]

You can now find and replace text in VisualEditor. You can open the tool via the menu, Ctrl+F or Cmd+F. [205]

VisualEditor now doesn't change the space at the end of a text that you make bold. [206]

The "Apply changes" button in the reference window of VisualEditor is now disabled until you make a change. [207]

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Recent software changes

The Technical Operations team is now using Phabricator to track their tasks. The Operations team manages the Wikimedia servers. In the future you will be able to see the tasks that are not private. [212]

Software changes this week

There will be no software changes this week and next week. This is because of the end-of-year holidays. The next update of MediaWiki will be on January 6. [213]

Future changes

The system that displays citations will change in the future. The new system will not change the style of citations. [214]

A new design for VisualEditor will come in January. You can try it now on test wikis. [215]

Latest tech news from the Wikimedia technical community. Please tell other users about these changes. Not all changes will affect you. Translations are available.

Software changes

There are no technical changes this week.

Feedback about Tech News in 2014

The writers of the technical newsletter are asking for your opinion. Did you get the information you wanted this year? Did we miss important technical news in 2014? What kind of information was too late? Please tell us at m:Talk:Tech/News. You can write in your language. Thank you!

The new version of MediaWiki (1.25wmf14) has been on test wikis and MediaWiki.org since January 7. It will be on non-Wikipedia wikis from January 13. It will be on all Wikipedias from January 14 (calendar).

A bug in VisualEditor sometimes added a ☀ (Sun) character. This is now fixed. [218]

The search and replace tool in VisualEditor is now much faster in long pages. [219]

The TemplateData editor now uses the same design as VisualEditor. [220][221][222]

The thumb option is now shown in your language in the help of the classic editor toolbar. [223]

Future changes

You can sign up to answer questions from designers. It will help them make editing easier. [224]

Latest tech news from the Wikimedia technical community. Please tell other users about these changes. Not all changes will affect you. Translations are available.

Problems

There was a security issue on Wikimedia Labs. Many Labs tools were down after the issue was fixed. [233]

Software changes this week

The new version of MediaWiki has been on test wikis and MediaWiki.org since January 14. It will be on non-Wikipedia wikis from February 3. It will be on all Wikipedias from February 4 (calendar).

The "Save page" button in the VisualEditor toolbar is now blue rather than green. This is the same as on the mobile site. [234]

You can now edit pages on the draft namespace with VisualEditor on the Russian Wikipedia and Hebrew Wikipedia. You can ask to get VisualEditor for a namespace on your wiki. When your community agrees, ask in Phabricator. [235][236]

You can now change the order of categories in VisualEditor using drag-and-drop. [252]

In VisualEditor, you now need to make a change before you can "Apply Changes" to citations and templates. [253]

The way the cursor moves in VisualEditor is changing. Your browser now handles the cursor directly. Most of you will see no change. In right-to-left text, the cursor now moves in a 'visible' rather than 'logical' way. This is like other sites but you may be surprised at first.​ [254]

Meetings

The VisualEditor Team had their first public bug triage meeting on February 11. They will post the results on the meeting page. [255]

You can join the second weekly meeting with the VisualEditor team. During the meetings you can tell developers which bugs are the most important. The meeting will be on February 18 at 16:00 (UTC). See how to join. [256]

You can read the notes from the last meeting with the VisualEditor team.

You can join the next weekly meeting with the VisualEditor team. During the meetings you can tell developers which bugs are the most important. The meeting will be on February 26 at 00:00 (UTC). See how to join.

Future changes

At the moment you need to log in to edit Wikimedia wikis on mobile devices. You can say if anyone should be allowed to edit on the mobile sites. The discussion ends on March 15.

The new version of MediaWiki has been on test wikis and MediaWiki.org since February 25. It will be on non-Wikipedia wikis from March 3. It will be on all Wikipedias from March 4 (calendar).

You can use the Content Translation tool on Wikipedia in Punjabi and Kyrgyz. You can ask for the tool in other languages.

Editing the fake blank line in VisualEditor is now simpler. This change also fixed a few bugs. [270][271][272][273]

The TemplateData editor now warns you if a related page already has TemplateData. [274]

The TemplateData table now tells you if a template doesn't take any parameters. [275]

Meetings

You can read the notes from the last meeting with the VisualEditor team.

You can join the next weekly meeting with the VisualEditor team. During the meetings you can tell developers which bugs are the most important. The meeting will be on March 4 at 16:00 (UTC). See how to join.

You can join technical meetings in France and Mexico this year. You will be able to ask for help if you can't pay yourself. [276]

Latest tech news from the Wikimedia technical community. Please tell other users about these changes. Not all changes will affect you. Translations are available.

Recent changes

You can now create books on almost all wikis. It doesn't work yet on wikis using the language converter. [278][279]

VisualEditor had problems with categories in Safari. It sometimes moved or removed the categories. The issue is now fixed. [280][281][282]

Changes this week

The new version of MediaWiki has been on test wikis and MediaWiki.org since March 4. It will be on non-Wikipedia wikis from March 10. It will be on all Wikipedias from March 11 (calendar).

In VisualEditor the "Edit beta" button is now called "Edit" on the English Wikipedia. [283][284]

The feedback tool in VisualEditor now looks like the other tools. It also asks for information about your browser to help fix bugs. [285][286]

You now see the VisualEditor toolbar even if the rest of the page is still loading. [287][288]

You now see more information when you edit a link, a reference or other items in VisualEditor. You also see a clearer edit button in those tools. [289][290]

If you use the ContentTranslation tool you now see red links in the list of articles in other languages. The link is red if the article doesn't exist in the language of your options or of your browser. You can translate the article by clicking on the red link.

Meetings

You can read the notes from the last meeting with the VisualEditor team.

You can join the next weekly meeting with the VisualEditor team. During the meetings you can tell developers which bugs are the most important. The meeting will be on March 11 at 19:00 (UTC). See how to join.

You can join a technical meeting in France in May. You can ask for help if you can't pay yourself. [291]

It is now easier to add special characters in VisualEditor. You can edit the list of characters for your wiki. [296][297]

Problems

Wikis were broken for a few minutes on Thursday due to a code error.

Changes this week

The new version of MediaWiki has been on test wikis and MediaWiki.org since March 11. It will be on non-Wikipedia wikis from March 17. It will be on all Wikipedias from March 18 (calendar).

A puzzle piece icon () now shows hidden templates in VisualEditor. You can edit the template by clicking the icon. For example, you can now edit anchor templates. [298][299]

You can now add examples, and details about old parameters, in TemplateData. [300][301]

Meetings

You can read the notes from the last meeting with the VisualEditor team.

You can join the next weekly meeting with the VisualEditor team. During the meetings you can tell developers which bugs are the most important. The meeting will be on March 18 at 23:00 (UTC). See how to join.

Future changes

The list of bad user names on your wiki will no longer work. The global list will replace it. You can ask to add rules for bad user names on Meta. [302][303]

You can comment on how you want to see Wikidata edits in your watchlist on other wikis. [304]

Latest tech news from the Wikimedia technical community. Please tell other users about these changes. Not all changes will affect you. Translations are available.

Changes this week

The new version of MediaWiki has been on test wikis and MediaWiki.org since March 18. It will be on non-Wikipedia wikis from March 24. It will be on all Wikipedias from March 25 (calendar).

The text of a reference is now more visible when you click on it. It has a blue background. Many wikis already have the blue color. Those wikis can now remove it from their CSS page. [306]

VisualEditor is now much faster. For many users it is now at least as fast as the wikitext editor. [307][308][309]

When you add a list of references in VisualEditor, you now see it right away. You can still change its group by editing it. [310]

Meetings

You can read the notes from the last meeting with the VisualEditor team.

You can join the next weekly meeting with the VisualEditor team. During the meetings you can tell developers which bugs are the most important. The meeting will be on March 25 at 19:00 (UTC). See how to join.

Future changes

Talk pages using "LiquidThreads" on mediawiki.org will soon use the new system. [311]

Latest tech news from the Wikimedia technical community. Please tell other users about these changes. Not all changes will affect you. Translations are available.

Recent changes

You can now hide site banners even if you don't have an account. [312]

You can now add citations more easily with VisualEditor on the French and Italian Wikipedia. The tool adds the information when you add some types of links. In the future you will be able to add this tool to your wiki. [313][314][315]

You can read the notes from the last meeting with the VisualEditor team.

You can join the next weekly meeting with the Editing team. During the meetings you can tell developers which bugs are the most important. The meeting will be on April 1 at 18:00 (UTC). See how to join.